Niger Delta Avengers endorses Chief Edwin Clark to lead dialogue with FG

Niger Delta Avengers endorses Chief  Edwin Clark to lead dialogue with FG

The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) has expressed its support for Chief Edwin Clark to lead the Pan Niger Delta Negotiation/Dialogue Team to discuss with the federal government.

This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the Spokesperson of NDA, Mudoch Agbinibo and made available to newsmen in Warri on August 28, 2016.

This pledged is coming two days after the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) had pledged its support and unalloyed loyalty to Clark on the struggle for dialogue.

The NDA described as untrue the rumour that it had named Prof. Wole Soyinka as adviser among other persons on the dialogue issues with the federal government.

The militant group noted that some names being paraded as factions of the NDA were the figment of persons bent on protecting their jobs.

''The NDA have unequivocally given our tacit support to the Clark Niger Delta Elders and Stakeholders' Conference Committee to lead the Pan Niger Delta Negotiations/Dialogue Team whenever federal government show readiness.

''That NDA  named Prof Wole Soyinka and some incredible names to advise and lead any group is the Lie of The Century!

''We have not at anytime contacted these Nigerians at any time to advise or lead any contact with the government of President Muhammadu Buhari on the Niger Delta agitation,'' he said.

The militant group further said that Prof. Soyinka was beign taken for a ride because of his position on the restructuring of Nigeria and the need to listen to the Niger Delta agitations.